Stockport Castle
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| Stockport Castle | |
  Shown within Greater Manchester
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| Building information | |
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| Town | Stockport, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Date demolished | 1775 |
| Style | Motte-and-bailey castle |
Stockport Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle in Stockport, Greater Manchester (grid reference SJ897905). It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1] The castle was first mentioned in 1173 when Geoffrey de Costentyn held it against Henry II during the barons' rebellion.[1] There is a local tradition that Geoffrey de Constentyn was the son of Henry II, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany; this is not the case as Geoffrey de Constentyn was a local lord who not only owned the manor of Stockport, but land in Staffordshire and Ireland too.[2] The bailey would originally have been defended by a wooden palisade and earthworks; these were replaced by stone walls at the beginning of the 13th century. Two fragments of the wall survive.[3] It lay in ruins by 1535 according to John Leland.[1] The ruins were levelled in 1775 by Sir George Warren, the lord of the manor, and a cotton mill built on the site.[4]
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- Arrowsmith, Peter (1997). Stockport: A History. Stockport MBC Community Services Division, and Stockport Libraries, in association with the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. ISBN 0905164997.
